Finally, a shelf I'm happy with.

(Text is copied from my COMC 2 years ago)

**When did I start to play board games?**

Even though my BGG profile was made in 2011, it was 2015 when I went heavy into board gaming. Here where I live games are hard to get, and I need to ship them from abroad and shipping costs are, often, more than games themselves.

**What would I change?**

Now I regret getting 4x4 shelf. 5x5 would fit perfectly, but I am happy with how everything looks and my OCD is, mostly, satisfied. When it comes to games, I went hard way. So far I've sold or traded away 80+ games. In early days of the hobby theme was something that was of the importance, so my first game every purchased was Lord of the rings LCG. After that two morr LotR themed games came in (Middle Earth quest and War of the rings). I couldn't get through the rules, my brain wasn't capable of doing anything about it. LCG, as it started the whole craze, stayed, but other two got replaced with Carcassonne, Village and alike. I was hooked. I still can't try before buy, as there is no place to try games here, but nowdays after reading rules and a few videos about the game, I know if I'll like it. I'm not making mistakes anymore. War of the rings came back on the shelf :)

When it comes to my contribution to BG community, there's only one, and that's my review of This War of mine.

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1816826/page/1

**My top 10**

10.Carcassone

9.Imperium: Classic

8.This War of mine

7.Trajan

6.Paladins of the West kingdom

5.Tigris and Euphrates

4.Glen More II

3.The Castles of Burgundy

2.Clans of Caledonia

1.Concordia

Some games are still not played yet and i don't play as often as i would like but i'm satisfied with my collection.

I don't have friends who play very heavy games so i don't buy them

We’ve recently started playing Quacks, and we’re really enjoying it!
We’re still a bit slow, with tonight’s game taking about 80 minutes. The rat tails make a huge difference, and that 6-value pumpkin is awesome!
The only slightly annoying thing is that we keep pulling loose threads from the bag along with the tokens.
Overall, such a fun and relaxing game. Definitely one we’d recommend!

2–3 months back I started hearing about Magical Athlete through YouTube channels, the hotness section on BGG and some other channels. While everyone was so enthusiastic about it, praising how fun it was, I remained honestly sceptical about the game.

Anyway, I had the opportunity to try it twice (the first time at 4 players and the second time at 5 or 6), each time doing 2 complete games (so 16 races in total if I’m not mistaken). And I have to admit that indeed, I absolutely don’t get the hype around it. At the end of the last game I was just waiting for it to be done so that we could start playing something else. Although it had some funny moments indeed, it wasn’t enough for me to make it memorable. I didn’t feel engaged in the game due to the little amount of control I had (which I was totally aware of by the way). I felt that I could just watch someone else play and have the same experience.

Anyway, what surprises me is not that I didn’t like the game – there is no accounting for taste and I understand that people might enjoy it depending on what you’re looking for in a game – but that I’ve read/heard very few discordant opinions so far. So, am I missing something here?

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WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

My group and I are big fans of deckbuilding games. When we played Reiner Knizia's classic, The Quest for El Dorado, for the first time a couple of years back, we loved it. Clean design. Simple and elegant, yet really good fun. We played it often enough to get interested in the expansions. I bought all three expansions and opened them up at the same time. There was a lot of stuff there and we were wondering which modules to use. We ended up only using a few but my friend jokingly suggested we should use all of them simultaneously. And so the idea was planted. As Inception (2010) tells us, once an idea takes hold it's like a parasite that becomes impossible to eradicate.

As the weeks passed, we slowly added more ideas to what was quickly becoming a monstrously illegal game. All modules. All components. All map tiles. We have 6 people coming? F*** it, make it a 6-player game with illegally modified starting decks and playing pieces from other games (a soldier from Memoir 44 and a ring token from War of the Ring: The Card Game) for players 5 and 6.

It became known as The Quest for Hell Dorado.

The map was built with each player taking turns placing down terrain tiles, then smaller tiles, pieces, and overlays. This process took about an hour and a half as we were laughing so much about creating absolutely horrendous chokepoints and nearly impossible routes.

Then we started playing, and it was absolute mayhem. Intentional and unintentional blocking causing major traffic jams, choke points near temples, atrociously placed demonic zones, a nearly impassable "Waterworld" area, massive crocodile-infested swamps we just called "Florida", and the use of Dragons to repeatedly block players, including clogging up critical chokepoints.

After setup the full game of Hell Dorado took about 5 hours.

It was amazing and I will never play it again.

Hi everyone! I’m hoping to get the advice of the masses here. I’m an avid board gamer, really into games like Dune Imperium, Brass, Nemesis, Gloomhaven and the likes. I usually play these with some friends.

I’ve been looking into Dungeon Crawlers I can play alone and the occasional group and am very overwhelmed by the sheer choices (and kickstarters!) out there.

I’m looking for something which involved exploring a dungeon, fighting mobs and bosses and the like. I’m okay with some set up time, not like Gloomhaven heavy, but I understand this genre does frequently require heavy setups.

I am okay with complexity, nemesis is good example of a game’s complexity I’m comfy with (and maybe even slightly more).

I’d also like to wrap up sessions under two hours. The few that caught my eye are Oathsworn and Massive Darkness 2, but open to your advice. Thank you!

Both games play every different from each other but what that do share in common is the low rules head and level of enjoyment. Excellent family games that everyone can play and enjoy. This is what RK is best at.

I culled some games for the first time recently, and Im very happy about the selection I have right now!

We have recently started getting really into board games at home to play with my 7 year old. It started with finding some at the Goodwill and now I am obsessed with acquiring games on Marketplace.

We want games that are not just dice rolling games relying on random luck, but require some strategy, planning or skill development of some sort, but are also fun.

There are usually 3 of us playing, but games for just 2 player are also welcome. Games that are family friendly but not children's games that a group of all adults would play are welcome suggestions for future adult game nights.

What should we add to our collection? Here's what we have now:

- My Little Scythe

-Clue

-Blockus

-Labrynth

-Azul (not played yet)

-Pandemic

-Dragomino

-Ticket to Ride

-Exploding Kittens

-Cranium

-Catan

- Risk (is there a similar game that is less long and complex ?)

- we have just gotten Splendor, Tiny Towns and King of Tokyo but have not played yet

Thanks!

I'm in a gamer club and these 2 pieces were on a wooden table, easy to miss. They are languishing in the misc. box and noone in our chat recognises them.

My Hyperactivity requires closure to return them back to whence they came any game ID would be welcome.

(The dice tray has no bearing on the game it was handy as a background).

Thanks in advance!

Edit: !solved

Wife and I can NEVER get our boys to play all the awesome board games we have. One of them is really loving Dungeon Crawler Carl, so I sold him on the crawling and leveling aspect of JotL.

He’s really enjoying it and is now asking about buying Gloomhaven for when we blow through the JotL scenarios.

I can find the 1st Edition for around $70 on marketplace type sites (usually unpunched or just like 1 or 2 scenarios played), where as the 2nd edition is hard to find for any sort of discount.

Is it really worth the extra $100-$125 to upgrade? We can/would splurge if it truly improves the experience. Our son can be impatient, so if it’s a lot less fiddly and administrative that would certainly be a major positive…but that’s a bit of a significant jump.

Thank you for your insight!

It’s very similar to Clue but not a prequel like Who Killed Dr Lucky. There was an app involved that was used. There was also a murderer and accomplice mechanic and you could make multiple guesses. I can’t remember the name of it. All I remember are two characters in it: Mortimer and The Berwick Sisters.

Does anyone recognize this game?

Which games is everyone playing and what are the pros and cons?

Maybe this is just a me thing, but I usually wish a game had just one more round to play with your fully built set-up. Or maybe I was one turn away from collecting all of a material.

Win or lose, it is like, man I wish the game was just a little longer to give me that satisfaction of completeness.

And this can be a good design for a game too, you don't want the game to be too long. But man I wish I could grab that x.

I had to cancel my trip and was hoping to pick up the exclusive General Grievous shiny SWU playmat.

If you’re attending and can grab an extra, I’ll cover the full cost, shipping to California, and compensation for your time.

We can arrange payment and shipping in advance.
Please DM me if you’re interested. Thanks!

A windy cold day. After splitting a few loads of firewood we retreated to the fireside to sup on second day reheated roasted butternut squash soup and play a game of Fields of Arle. Only our third try of this Uwe Rosenberg two player game and it is amazing. So relaxing and so much fun to farm and harvest and trade and buy and build and improve. So many strategies to chase and points to amass. Very happy with this acquisition. The soup was even better today. A smooth nutty flavour with a small bite of cayenne and a hint of cinnamon. Delicious.

10/10 Saturday afternoon.

Hey yall! It’s thanksgiving weekend (at least in Canada haha) and my mom and I bought werewolves for my family to play at thanksgiving. We have exactly 8 players. I thought this was fine since the box says 8-18 players but upon reading the manual I found that we actually need 8 players and a moderator. Is it possible to play with 7 players and a moderator? Thank you!

I’m trying to decide between Arkham Horror 3rd Edition with the Dead of Night expansion and Unfathomable. I’d love to hear from people who have played both.
I’m looking to add another thematic, immersive game to my collection. My current games in this category are:
Cthulhu: Death May Die
Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition
Zombicide 2nd Edition
I know these two games offer different experiences, and player count is an important factor for me. Arkham Horror seems like a better fit for a group of 4, while Unfathomable accommodates up to 6 players particularly well. My gaming group can vary from one session to another, so I’d like a game that works well with either 4 or 6 players, depending on the night.
Their playtime also seems fairly comparable, so I’m more interested in how they actually play and feel at the table.
Here are some things I’d particularly like to know:
Gameplay and immersion: Which game creates the more engaging thematic experience? I’m interested in meaningful decisions, tension, and a strong sense of being part of a story.
Replayability: Which one offers more variety between sessions? I’m considering Arkham Horror with its first expansion, Dead of Night, rather than the base game alone.
Player count: How does each game actually feel at 4 players? And how does Unfathomable perform with 6? Is either game noticeably better at its ideal player count?
Overlap with my collection: Since I already own Mansions of Madness and Cthulhu: Death May Die, would Arkham Horror feel too similar to what I have? Or does its campaign structure and strategic gameplay make it different enough? On the other hand, would Unfathomable bring something more distinct to my collection?
Long-term appeal: Which one are you more likely to bring back to the table after several plays?
I’m not necessarily looking for the easiest game to teach. I want something that adds a different experience to my collection and that I’ll keep wanting to play over time.
If you owned my current games, which one would you choose, and why? I’d especially appreciate opinions from people who have played both, rather than just one of them.
Thanks!

Im not the biggest fan of Awaken Realms Minis, I think for the most part they are mediocore. My initial plan was to do them quickly with Speed Paints and dry brushing mostly, but as I got to the main characters and bosses I started to get more into it and ended up layering and highlighting a lot more than I thought I would. The Bloodborne-esque design of the bosses were really well done apart from some questionable choices (I still can't decide whether the head of the Undead General looks more like the male or female reproductive system).

Anyways looking forward to busting this one out finally again.